Dragoon pet

[Tatsuo]

Why not have the choice?

You call your Wyvern, you give up some strength or whatever and get your companion.
You dismiss it, your stats get back to normal.

[Nabiri]

Why not have the choice?

You call your Wyvern, you give up some strength or whatever and get your companion.
You dismiss it, your stats get back to normal.

Exactly what I suggested. Yoshida-san seems to be all about choice anyways. Why not let us have the choice to have a wyvern, and split our damage with our wyvern, or choose not to have one at all, and remain strong. Wyvern could be obtained through a quest, and those who don't want it don't have to get it. If they choose not to get it, they don't lose anything.

[Rinpoo]

No idea...Dragoon has been one of my favorite jobs in FFXI, not only because I love polearms but also dragons. When I picked up FFXIV back then, it was no question to take a closer look at Lancer. Then they mentioned jobs, and Dragoon being on the list I was totally sold. Finally a dragon mate again! It's been my main reason for picking Lancer as my main class.

Not saying I like the idea about 'gimping' the job, but even if it happened that way, there would be other means to compensate the loss of...whatever. And it's not like dragons would be useless vanity pets. I just remember the upcoming self-skillchains. You could be able to make such chains with your dragon perhaps, or even let other people do them with your dragon...or dragons with other dragons. And with the new engine, who knows what kinda stuff will be possible in the future!?

Now I'm not screaming for flying dragon mounts, although that would be awesome. But...traditional Dragoon or not...not being able to have your dragon mate would make me very sad, and disappointed. Opinion and preference, surely. Just sharing my thoughts. Without the dragons...I don't know how I should identify myself through the job...in any other way than I already do with Lancer right now. It would seem totally pointless to me and I'd lose a big chunk of interest, sadly. Yea that's kinda silly.

Long story short, my vote clearly goes -for- the dragons!